Cellular biology of epileptogenesis

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Avanzini, Giuliano ^a   Franceschetti, Silvana ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CESIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; IBOTENIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENICILLIN G; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VERATRIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE STRAIN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MEMBRANE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0042011519     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(03)00265-5     Document Type: Review

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